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OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN AWARD 2023

A PUBLIC SERVANT
A MAN OF ACTION A PUBLIC SERV ANT
A MAN OF ACTION
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He believes that public service is not limited to the four halls
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Congressman Apid sought to ensure that its effects to the need. His impressive track record on the ground proves that
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he actually embodies this belief.
poorest of the poor would be alleviated, if not eliminated.
During this challenging time, the programs launched by
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over 56,000 beneficiaries of relief packs, all the while giving
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support to 457 small business owners, 4,174 medical patients,
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Apid’s tireless work, 23 hospitals and offices, 69 multi-purpose
b ui ldin gs, a n d 189 r o ad s w er e co n s t r uc t e d in un der de v e lo p e d
buildings, and 189 roads were constructed in underdeveloped
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He has always taken the initiative to reach out to the sectors
EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
EDUCA TIONAL AND MEDICAL ASSIST ANCE H e h a s a l wa ys t a k en t h e ini t i a t i v e t o r e ac h o u t t o t h e s e c t o r s
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Having lived his life witnessing different acts of
H a v in g li v e d hi s lif e w i t n es sin g diff er en t ac ts o f whose causes he sought to forward and build collaborative
relationships with them. He brings with him the collective
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philanthropy, Congressman Apid has always been soft to r e l a t io n s hi ps w i t h t h em. H e b r in gs w i t h him t h e co l le c t i v e
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aspirations of probinsyanos everywhere. With this as his
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always been open to those who were asking for immediate
a l wa ys b e en o p en t o t h os e w h o w er e a s k in g f o r imm e di a t e mandate, he would implore everyone to remember, as he
does, that “compassion cannot, and should not, end where the
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assistance. This is why, since his first congressional term in do es, t h a t “ co m p a s sio n c a nn o t, a n d s h o u ld n o t, en d w h er e t h e
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2019, t h er e a r e a lr e ad y o v er 33,000 b en efici a r ies o f fin a n ci a l p a v e d r o ad s do ” .
2019, there are already over 33,000 beneficiaries of financial
a s si s t a n ce b en efici a r ies a n d o v er 7,000 b en efici a r ies o f
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This work continues whether the Congress is in session or in
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a r e Fi li p in o p e o p le w h o s t i l l li v e b e lo w t h e p o v er t y lin e .
are Filipino people who still live below the poverty line.
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